Gandasuli (early 8th century CE)
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⟨1⟩ ||namaś śivāya, Au mahājana ḍi sahiṅ ālas· partapān· tuhaṅ uḍa laki vini maṇḍaṅar· vuAt·tānta parāvis·, ¿dhimi?
⟨2⟩ gatiṇḍa ḍaṁ karayān· partapān· ratnamaheśvara siḍa busu maun· namāṇḍa ḍaṁ karayān lāki busu Iti namāṇḍa ḍaṁ karayān· vini(°)
⟨3⟩ Atya(nta) dharmiṣṭha siḍa ḍuA°Ayāṇḍa ⟨ḍa⟩ṁ karayān· lāki parpuAntaṅ a(na)kabbi namaṇḍa, Ayāṇḍa ḍaṁ karayān· vini parpuAntaṁ panuAḥhan· nama-
⟨4⟩ ṇḍa°siḍa Inan ḍuA Atibhāgya siḍa varanak· puruṣaratna varanak· strīratna°Aḍiṇḍa ḍaṁ karayān· lāki busu ta(mva) namaṇḍa, Iparḍa ḍaṁ karayā-
⟨5⟩ n parttapān· busu bajra busūttara Udaṇḍa[14] sānak· busu taray· busu daṇḍai Udaṇḍa sapopo[15] busu huvuriyan· pamāṇḍa[16] viṣṇuratha nam(ā)ṇḍa sarabhāra ḍi
⟨6⟩ nāyaka vatak bunut· tathāpi Udaṇḍa sapopo[15] busu padaruṁṅan namāṇḍa[17] sarabhāra ḍi nāyaka vatak kahuluAn tathāpi varanak· siḍa busu putiḥ padi, taijaḥ[18]
⟨7⟩ pahik·[19] svast(i)[20] pagar vvassi Āvat· Iṇḍu[21] Anakḍa kulaputrī Inan parāvis· tathāpi pagar vvatu pagar duri si buha samvuhan·[22] vitaka dadaṁ[23] vihāra nagarī Inanta baña-
⟨8⟩ kña Anakḍa ḍaṁ karayān· partapān· puṇyaprabhāvāṇḍa ḍaṁ karayān partapān· kathamapi sukha subhikṣa, ya rājya ḍirakṣa Iya sabañakña yaṁ deśa Itas-ta(taḥ)
⟨9⟩ pūrvva dakṣiṇa paścima Uttara Itas-tataḥ Iya maṁstuti guṇāṇḍa ḍaṁ karayān· partapān·, tathāpi Āḍa Ācāryyāṇḍa gālava nāmaṇḍa sthāpaka siḍa tathāpi
⟨10⟩ baṁ pahmuṇḍa[30] ḍaṁ karayān· śivārjita nāmaṇḍa nāyaka ḍi praṁ kapulaṁ siḍa Inan parāvis· siḍa ta[32] sahāyāṇḍa ḍi dharma puṇya kuśala, Iya makajāḍi pra--
⟨11⟩ tiṣṭa ḍi hyaṁ hāji tarkalaut saṁ[35] hyaṁ vintaṁ prasāda suprayukta-kṣai⟨tra⟩-sahita Iyaṁ mātraña viniḥnya kṣetra ḍi taraḥ buṅa[37], tlu bariḥ pragāluḥ Ampa lattir·
⟨12⟩ pamaṇḍyan· tlu lattir· kinaĀyvan·[39] Ampa lattir· vunu tlu lattir·[40] pavijaḥhan· ḍuA lattir· kayvara maṇḍar· ḍuA lattir· vabuṅa baharu salattir· muṇḍu
⟨13⟩ ḍuA lattir· kakalyan· salattir· tarukān· salattir· mātrāña viniḥ ḍi taraḥ buṅa parāvis· Ampa poluḥ salattir· parttakan·[44] ḍi valunuḥ pu posuḥ
⟨14⟩ ḍi pragāluḥ parpuAnta varpatiḥ manulu nāmāṇḍa naiyaka ḍi kyu buṁṅan· sahāyāṇḍa varpatiḥ pu līhasin[48] nāmāṇḍa nāyaka ḍi māntyasiḥ
⟨15⟩ ḍa punta marhyaṁ jñānatatva nāmāṇḍa
Apparatus
⟨1⟩ Au- ⬦ Oṁ D • Damais (1968: 322, 339) noted that the text shows Au and not O, but did not object to De Casparis’ idea that a cecak is to be supplied. It seems quite uncertain to us that the Sanskrit sacred syllable om is intended here. — ⟨1⟩ tuhaṅ uḍa ⬦ tuha ṅuda D • It is unclear whether the ṅ is a prefix or an enclitic, but more likely the latter, unless we are dealing with a scribal error for muda. We seem to observe the same usage of ṅ in partuanta-ṅ that occurs twice in line 3.
⟨2⟩ maun· ⬦ plār· D • The vowel is clearly the same as in tarkalaut in line 11.
⟨3⟩ dharmiṣṭha ⬦ dharma(stha) D. — ⟨3⟩ parpuAntaṅ a(na)kabbi ⬦ parpuAnta jantakabbi D. — ⟨3⟩ parpuAntaṁ ⬦ parpuAnta D.
⟨4⟩ Atibhāgya ⬦ Adhi(rā)kṣa D. — ⟨4⟩ puruṣaratna ⬦ pu(tra) maratna D • The correct reading was actually proposed by De Casparis himself in his note 12. — ⟨4⟩ ta(mva) ⬦ tarbba D.
Translation
Homage to Śiva! The chiefs around the boundaries (sahiṅ)1 of the hermitage forest, old and young, men and women, may (? au)2 listen to all your works. Virtuous was the action of the lord and lady of the hermitage (named) Ratnamaheśvara. The lord was called Busu Mauṅ, the lady was called Iti.3 The both of them were exceedingly virtuous. The mother (aya)4 of the lord was called parpuantaṅ anakəbi;5 the mother of the lady was called parpuantaṅ panuahan. These were both very fortunate to conceive (respectively) of a jewel of a man and a jewel of a woman. The younger sibling of the lord was called Busu Tamva; the (siblings) in-law of the lord and lady of the hermitage were
Bibliography
Two provisional readings by J. L. A. Brandes (1913); edited again by J. G. de Casparis (1950).6 Re-edited here by Arlo Griffiths from photogrammetry.
Primary
[B] Brandes, Jan Laurens Andries and Nicolaas Johannes Krom. 1913. Oud-Javaansche Oorkonden: Nagelaten transcripties. Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen 60 (parts 1 and 2). Batavia; 's-Hage: Albrecht; Nijhoff. [URL]. Pages ???–???, item CV.
[D] de Casparis, Johannes Gijsbertus. 1950. Inscripties uit de Çailendra-tijd. Prasasti Indonesia 1. Bandung: A.C. Nix & Co. Item IV, pages 50–73.
Secondary
Verbeek, Rogier Diederik Marius. 1891. Oudheden van Java: Lijst der voornaamste overblijfselen uit den Hindoetijd op Java, met eene oudheidkundige kaart. Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen 46. Batavia; 's-Hage: Landsdrukkerij; Nijhoff. [URL]. Pages 139–140, item 249.
Weatherbee, Donald E. 2000. “The Hyang Haji of the Gandasuli II Inscription, circa 832 AD.” In: Society and culture of Southeast Asia: continuities and changes. Śata-piṭaka 395. New Delhi: International Academy of Indian Culture : Aditya Prakashan, pp. 345–353.
Notes
1. De Casparis understands sahiṅa-alas.
2. We speculate that au had a grammatical function like semoga in Modern Malay and muah in other Old Malay texts.
3. On this passage, see the comments in Damais 1968: 335–336.
4. That aya means mother was assumed by De Casparis on weak grounds (see the criticism in Damais 1968: 337), but has subsequently been confirmed by the usage in the Sojomerto and Sungai Musi inscriptions.
5. The word anakəbi means “woman, wife, girl” in Old Javanese.
6. As pointed out by Damais (1960, 1968), De Casparis misread many cases of ḍ as d. There are many inconsistencies between statements in De Casparis’ notes (whose placement is also often somewhat distant from the characters concerned) and readings adopted in his edition. There are also numerous small typographic errors (e.g., with regard to vowel length) in De Casparis’ edition. Such relatively insignificant variant readings are not recorded in our apparatus.